besoul en · VERB
Etymology
From be- (“unto, on, upon”) + soul. Compare Dutch bezielen.
Meanings
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(transitive) To imbue or endow with a soul.
As we have seen, it does not belong to the concept of material body to be alive, and even less to the be alive in and independent way and therefore to be besouled.
1960, Karl Barth, Karl Barth G. W. Bromiley T. F. Torrance, Church Dogmatics the Doctrine of Creation, Reprint edition, Continuum International Publishing Group, published 2004, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| besouling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| besouled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| besouled | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| besouls | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |